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RACK. No. 389,826; Patented Sept. 11, 1888.

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Attorney UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\VILLIAM A. SEIBERT, OF EAS'ION, PENNSYLVANIA.

RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 389,326, datedSeptember 11, 1888.

Application filed June 18, 1888. Serial No. 276,923.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM A. SEIBERT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Easton, in the county of Northampton and State ofPennsylvania, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Racks, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in racks, having for its object toprovide a simple, cheap, and convenient rack, which may be attached tothe head-board of a bedstead and may be folded back out of the wayduring the day and extended at night.

The invention consists in a certain novel construction and arrangementof parts, fully set forth hereinafter in connection with theaccompanying drawings, wherein Figure l is a perspective view of aportion of the head-board of a bedstead provided with the improved rack.Fig. 2 is a detail view of one of the guides.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the frame of the rack, whichcomprises the main bar B, provided at its lower end with the eye I) andat its upper end the segmental arm 0, all points of which areequidistant from the eye b. This segmental arm is provided at its freeend with the horizontal parallel cars a 0, between which is pivoted theear (I on the inner end of the swinging extension D. The upper end ofthe main bar B is bent outward to form, in connection with the inner endof the segmental arm 0, a loop, E. A thumbscrew, F, passes through theeye at the lower end of the main bar and engages the headboard, wherebythe rack is pivoted thereto, and the guides (l G are engaged in theheadboard and are provided with open springmetal guide rings g g,embraei u g the segmental arm C. When the upper end of the rack is swungoutward, as shown in full lines in the drawings, the guides pass intothe loop E and allow the main bar to assume a vertical position.

H I K L represent, respectively, swinging arms, which are swiveled tothe main bar by means of sleeves or loops h ik Zon their inner ends,mounted in annular grooves in the said main bar. The arms may be of anypreferred (No model.)

shape to suit the various positions in which the rack may be used; butthey are preferably formed about as follows: The arm H is straight. Thearm I is provided at its outer end with a slight depression or book, i.The arm K is provided with a deep hook, It, and the arm L is very shortand is provided with a reversed hook, Z. It will be noted that the armsare of varying sizes, with the longest arranged at the top of the rackand decreasing regularly in length toward the bottom thereof.

During the day orwhen not in use the rack may be swung inward untilcovered by the edge of the head-board, and the rack will be held ineither the folded or extended position by the spring-metal rings of theguides G. Vheu the rack is extended, the swinging arms may be arrangedin any desired angles or positions to conveniently support the clothing.

Having th's described my invention, I claim 1. In a rack, the main barpivoted at its lower end to the head-board of a bedstead, the segmentalarm rigid with the main bar and operating in stationary guides on theheadboard, and the swinging arms carried by the main bar, substantiallyas specified.

2. In a rack, the combination of the main bar pivoted at its lower endand provided at its upper end with a segmental arm operating in suitablestationary guides, the swinging extension pivoted to the free end of thesegmental arm, and the swinging arms swiveled to the main bar,substantially as specified.

8. In a rack, the combinatiomwith the main bar pivoted at its lower endand provided at its upper end with a segmental arm, and the swingingarms swiveled on the main bar, of the guides having the openspring-metal rings embracing the segmental arm and adapted to hold therack at the desired adjustment, sub stantially as and for the purposespecified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

IVILLIAM A. SEIBERT.

IVitnesses:

ORRIN SERFASS, OWEN SEIBERI.

